STRELLY, a parish in the southern division of
the wapentake of BROXTOW, county of NOTTINGHAM, 4
miles (W.N.W.) from Nottingham, containing 350 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged rectory, in the
archdeaconry of Nottingham, and diocese of York,
rated in the king's books at £6. 4. 8., endowed with
£,400 royal bounty, and in the patronage of T. Webb
Edge, Esq. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is a
large handsome cruciform structure, with a lofty tower;
the nave is separated from the chancel by a richlycarved
oaken screen: it contains several tombs of the
Strelley family, and the windows exhibit some ancient
stained glass in good preservation. Though the hall
has been much modernised, there still remain slight
traces of the style of Edward III. In the park is an
extensive area, surrounded by a moat, and in the neighbourhood
are considerable coal mines. Richard Smedley,
in 1744, gave land for the endowment of a school,
in which twenty poor children are educated.